2008 Olympic Mascots – The Fuwa (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The 2008 Beijing Olympics have been enveloped in unending political controversy so it’s been tough for some sports fans to get excited. Putting those aspects aside, I really love the five Olympic mascots collectively called the Fuwa.

“The cute Fuwa group consists of five members according to t…

Urban Art & Music Flights – Vueling by MTV (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) EasyJet was probably the first airline to use its aircrafts as giant brand billboards, and now it seems aerial advertising is starting to hit the skies hard. We have already seen Armani and Versace transform ordinary aircrafts into superb pieces of design, now MTV is taking off with the idea too.

V…

Burning Inhumane Images – Amnesty International Picture Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Recently, Amnesty International has been extremely active in producing intense and thought-provoking campaigns. The latest addition is “Picture” which was inspired by infamous Abu Ghraib images of prisoners being tortured and ridiculed.

The campaign ingeniously uses the logo of Amnesty Internationa…

Fake Celebrity Hair – Clipin-Go by Paris Hilton (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Wish you could have hair like Paris Hilton’s? Assuming that was the case for millions of girls, the heiress launched Clipin-Go, a line of fake hair extensions, making it even easier for her fans to copy her look.

Clipin-Go comes in 10 different colours, and each set costs $80. The ads are currentl…

Packaged Brains – Poly-Wrapped Business Card (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In today’s competitive marketplace, you have to go out there and actively promote yourself if you want to advance in your career. And that is exactly what Mari Pettersson did.

As a fresh newcomer in freelancing, Pettersson wanted to approach some creative directors by delivering them a small poly-…

Free Money as Advertising – Absolut Cash Machine (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) As part of its massive “In an Absolut World” campaign, Absolut Vodka went beyond the typical media of tv spots, print ads and billboards with an Absolut Cash Machine. They wanted people to experience the Absolut World first hand in a creative and unexpected way.

Working with TBWA ad agency in B…

Ex-Boyfriend Jewelry – Sell What You Won’t Give Back

(TrendHunter.com) ExBoyfriendJewelry.com is a unique online marketplace for old, unwanted jewelry from relationships gone awry.

The site’s tagline is, “You don’t want it. He can’t have it back.”

In addition to the actual jewelry, the site serves as place for women to share their break-up stories. So you don’…

Walk of No Shame – AMP Energy (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Have you ever woken after a hard night of partying and had the worst part not be your pounding head, but the disgrace and confusion as to where you ended up, or who you were with? The walk home for those awkward occasions has often been referred to as the Walk of Shame, but this video ad wants to re…

Nightclub University – UNLV Teaches the ‘Academics of Party Planning’

(TrendHunter.com) Only a university based in Sin City would have the moxie to offer an actual class on how to run a night club. I guess its not unreasonable to believe that all those strippers really are attending college with their tip money. Want to make some real cash after graduation? Forget about Harvard or Sta…

Ornamental Libraries – The Bookman Shelf

(TrendHunter.com) The ‘Bookman’, pictured here, is a decorative, yet functional piece of furniture, designed and sold in England by artist Kazmierz Szmauz. The construction is wooden, usually made of mahogany.

While it certainly takes more space that a traditional bookshelf, these displays are much more creativ…

Lipsynching Models – Dolce & Gabbana Inspired by YouTube (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Trying to keep their fingers on the pulse of the new generation, Dolce & Gabbana turned to popular video site YouTube for inspiration. Besides stupid stunts and lonely girls, one of the most popular YouTube categories is lipsynching to music.

From fratboys to teenage girls, YouTube is full of thes…

DIY Status Bags – Printable Hermes Kelly (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Stop fantasizing about owning the much-worshiped Hermes Kelly bag and get one of your own! Thus is even better than buying it from the boutique because you actually get to customize it by choosing the pattern yourself.

While it’s probably not exactly what you had in mind when dreaming of the statu…

Ultra Creative Cut-Outs – FHM Flaunts Killer Editing Skills (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In order to illustrated their killer editing style, FHM Singapore commissioned ad agency Ogilvy & Mather to create these amazing cut-out ads. The process involved the tedious job of carefully carving through hundreds of pages and cutting out images to produce one brilliantly edited image for each a…

Billboards With Cut Out Models – Pessek Zman Chocolate Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is a brilliant and unusual campaign to promote Israeli Pessek Zman chocolate bar (which means Time Out in Hebrew) that wittingly expresses the brand’s idea and slogan to “take a time out”.

The campaign uses posters that look like regular fashion ads, however the fashion models are missing. Pl…

Cut Out Model Billboards – Pessek Zman Chocolate Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is a brilliant and unusual campaign to promote Israeli Pessek Zman chocolate bar (which means Time Out in Hebrew) that wittingly expresses the brand’s idea and slogan to “take a time out”.

The campaign uses posters that look like regular fashion ads, however the fashion models are missi…

Reporting on Campus – ABC Recruits University Students

(TrendHunter.com) ABC has launched a new initiative in conjunction with several US universities that would be every journalism student’s dream. They are setting up on-campus broadcast stations in which students can work with ABC directly to gain hands on experience.

The company is committed to getting younger demog…

Homemade Fuel – EFuel 100 MicroFueler (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) With the never ending increase in gas prices, people have started to think about fuel alternatives. E-Fuel Corporation, a company in California, has introduced the EFuel 100 MicroFueler, a device that weighs about 200 pounds, that uses 110 or 220 volt power supply and a wastewater drain that is jus…

Hygienic Shockvertising II – Carre Fresh: Wipe Whatever You’ve Touched (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) My favorite TrendHunter, Lourdes recently shared a truly disgusting and troubling (for anyone with insect phobia) campaign with us that illustrated the importance of hand sanitizers through the use of insects. These new print ads for Carre Fresh follow a similarly disgusting, but less creepy formula…

Stealth Viral Ads – Did Levi’s Dupe Us with “Guys Backflip into Jeans”?

(TrendHunter.com) My suspicion radar went off recently when Trendhunter featured a recent YouTube viral video, Guys backflip into jeans , when I saw it had been uploaded by a new username hosting only this video.

Now I am happy to find I was not the only skeptical one. Gawker brands it as a stealth ad for Levi’s je…

Retro to Justify Naughty? – Eva Mendes for Vogue Italia (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Does masking photo shoots with retro flare make it OK to use artistic nudity?

Eva Mendes posed for Vogue Italia’s most recent issue and many in the online community seem to be digging the photos judging by the fact that they’re spread (no pun intended) on quite a few of my favorite websites today.…